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Old 07-15-2009
grep - search order
Hi,

I would like "grep" command to search ALL files in current directory in the order of their modified/created date. How can i do this?

e.g., if 3 files contain the pattern i am searching for, i need the output of "grep" to be in the order such that old file search result should come first.


TIA
Prvn
# 2  
Old 07-15-2009
ls -lt

-t Sort by time modified (most recently modified first) before sort-
ing the operands by lexicographical order.
# 3  
Old 07-15-2009
tell grep about the order.
try:

Code:
ls -lrt  | grep pattern ...

# 4  
Old 07-15-2009
Thanks for your reply. I was actually asking how to change the order of search by "grep" (not "ls"). I need the "grep results" displayed in the order of the files modified/created.
# 5  
Old 07-15-2009
Try this:

Code:
grep 'pattern' $(ls -tr *)

Regards
# 6  
Old 07-15-2009
Thanks Franklin,

It worked great.
# 7  
Old 07-16-2009
Code:
for i in `ls -lt | awk '{print $9}'`;do
        grep pat $i > /dev/null
        if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
        echo $i
        fi
        done

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